New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-12
TAEEN From THE DAILY MAIL.
HOW A NAME suouLD RE cHANGED

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: NV maternal graulnother promises to make a
family rane am willing To do so but do not know the
proper way. win you kindly inform me through THE
TRIBUNE whether 1t Ia necessary to apply TO the Legs
lafire Respectfully LII.
BToosiya, sept. 1887.
1t is not only not necessary to apply to the Log
slature. but it would do no good; the New-York
Legislature does not have the constitutional
power to change names Every citizen has right
to take whatever name he chooses and even to
change It whenever he pleases, if he does so in
good faith. Bat if he should unnecessarily or fire.
quently make such q change OF name. or if he did
not give sufficient notice of the change to Others,
he probably would fad him 'elf subject to great
Inconvenience in business and possibly open to the
imputatcn of fraud Therefore. to avoid all diff
fculties and uncertainty it is by far the best way
to follow the statutory method-aDplY. upon PEE
ttion setting forth the reason for the change, to
the proper court. namely, in Brooklyn, to the
County or City Court in New-York. to the Common
Pleas or City Court; in Buffalo, to the Superlo
or County Court and elsewhere in the State, to the
County Court, IL the applicant Is minor, notice
must be given to parents or guardian. In any
proper case the court will grant the request, and
publication thereof will be male in soma desig-
mated local paper and also in the Session Laws of
the following year. Thus the fact of the chang o
VIII Ds pIaceu DcyOnu lubure uueStlOn.-1sU.!
A DEMAND FOB PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANIsM
To The Editor Of The Tribune
Sm 10 Will be we'll for tho Republican party to tako
account OF stock this rather than walt until the
battle OF next Is upon Are ready to meet the
question OF the Treasury suplus Taxes have got to BIO
reduced anything like unit on the subject Of
repeating the tax obaccol Are VIC unit on the sub
Jet Of increased duty WOOL wooens, iron and steel
and other things which produce and now importi
Instead OF spending millions a new navy for our
naval officers cruise around in aud to be blown to
pieces by the rcco Of their guns let us go before
the country proposing that capitalists shall build
like the Umbra City OF Rome and the dozen or
now Gying the English. German and French hags
TO he under contract to the Government 10 carry inc
mails all parts Of the gobo. and to take our surplus
products TO South America, China aud all parts or
Europe ana In the event OF to be at once transferred
to the Government for We want men 10 lead
10 victory who living In the present and not in
the past-men who will have the confidence or the cOun-
try and party who not afraid TO travel through
the South and tell the people or their needs and what
the Republican party has offer them-he right hand
OF fellowship OF living parry which Is living FOR tho
present and future We must meet the growing ques-
tons Of socialism, paupcr i'm migration capital ana labor
municipal corruption and many Others While we nave
glorious past Ist not tarry over but pass on to
more glorious future L. H. H.
ter lOTk, Aug. -, 1857.